News Across Tennessee

The Johnson City Board of Commissioners joined city staff; representatives from Cain, Rash and West Architects; and GRC Construction to celebrate the completion of the new Johnson City Water and Sewer Services Complex located at 2250 Eddie Williams Road with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The former 7...

In addition to trash and recycling, a new pilot program in Nashville will be picking up compost as part of zero-waste efforts in the city. The initial program will offer the service to 750 households to allow compost collection at the curb. Participants will be selected from online applications and...

The Brentwood Fire Department announced a historic event in the department’s history when an all-female engine company took to the frontlines of firefighting duty for the first time. Though women have been a part of the department for years, this marked the first time an all-female team was working...

Mayor Joe Pitts, community members, and officials with the city of Clarksville and Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department were on hand to cut the ribbon on the city’s Beech Street Park. The new park offers a wide variety of amenities to cater to the diverse needs of the community, including an...

A Belgium-based LED housing and framing producer Twenty Three has chosen Gallatin for its first U.S. manufacturing operations. The global company will invest $3 million for its manufacturing operations in the Gallatin Industrial Center and create 10 fulltime jobs, with up to 30 new jobs eventually...

Ground has been broken on a new industrial park in Gallatin. The 90-acre Aero Business Park at 750 Airport Road will serve tenants near the Music City Executive Airport. Officials with TennProperties said plans for the park include dividing it’s 297,000-square-feet into properties that can...

Members of the Greeneville Fire Department and city officials held a formal push-in ceremony for two new fire engines at the city’s Station No. 2 on Carson Street. The new rescue pumper engine - designated Engine No. 2 - and mini-pumper truck will replace aging equipment. Both trucks were purchased...

A dozen municipalities are among the recipients of the latest round of TDEC grants from the state’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) fund aimed at improving drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. 

TDEC announced 20 entities would be sharing in $63,888,650 in grant funds, part of the...

Johnson City officials and firefighters broke ground on a new fire training center on a three-acre property behind the city’s Fire Station No. 7 on Walnut Street. The facility will include training classrooms, a driver training area, burn pad, and live-fire training tower giving agencies across the...

A major wastewater project nearly a decade in the making is now complete in Johnson City. The Lower Brush Creek Interceptor project began in 2014 and replaces a critical pipeline in the collection system as it transports the majority of the city’s wastewater from downtown. This project serves...